Technical Solutions Consultant, Mainline, Android Partner Engineering
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 9 years of experience in either system design or in one programming language (Java, C++, Python, etc.).
- 9 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.
- 7 years of experience in the mobile/CE/embedded space, specifically working with Android and experience with the community driven software development process.
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of customer-facing experience, and helping drive complex customer technical activities.
- Experience with one or more of the following: mobile device release management, mobile operating systems and application ecosystems.
- Experience with Android, Linux, Kernel and Linux device drivers and lead updatability initiatives for major platforms.
- Excellent communication and project management skills, with a track record of handling multiple customers.
- Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills, combined with a strong sense of ownership, and a proactive can-do attitude.
About the job
In this role, you are responsible for working with our global partners and third party solution providers, introducing and deploying new Android features, optimized implementations and integrations at scale. You drive new business opportunities and manage the overall technical aspects to build strong, successful, long-term partnerships. You are a technical expert with an entrepreneurial drive and an interest for partner management and will have the opportunity to drive the technical partner engagement for our most high-profile and innovative projects. You will work on our Mainline team which is also referred to as Google Play System Updates.
Responsibilities
- Manage the delivery of mainline software to partners by being the first point of contact for all partner issues, escalations and feature requests.
- Lead and deliver on Mainline's commitment to the partners and users on the quality and timeliness of the releases. Continue to improve/scale planning, execution and release processes.
- Manage internal and external stakeholders to influence decisions for onboarding new modules, driving partner adoption, managing partner expectations and prioritizing key partner requests.
- Provide technical input and leadership to cross-functional teams as reviewer of design proposals and new initiatives. Drive the creation of new processes and tools as necessary to support the requirements of an ever changing device ecosystem.
- Lead technical activities and incidents (internal/external) and drive solutions by providing actionable feedback and solutions. Delegate to and collaborate with various teams across Mainline.
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